Mae Louise Downing

Graveside Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Tuesday November 12, 2013 at Marietta National Cemetery for Mae Louise Downing, age 96 of Gillsville, formerly of Marietta. Mrs. Downing passed away Tuesday at New Horizons at Limestone Nursing Home.

Mrs. Downing was born on December 22, 1916 to the late Mr. and Mrs. William Buchanan of Marshalltown, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband U.S. Army Colonel Earl L. Downing.

Mrs. Downing was a recipient of both The Atlanta Kennel Club and The Doberman Pinscher Club of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also a member of the Atlanta Doberman Pinscher Club. Mae received her first Doberman Pinscher as a gift from her father in 1934 and since that time has never been without one. She was the matriarch of the Mikadobe breeding program and as such Mikadobe is the oldest active Champion Doberman Pinscher breeding program in America.

Online condolences may be made at wardsfh.com Ward's Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.